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Higher wages without productivity? That’s what Labor reckons

Murray Watt’s claim that living standards are rising is a bold call amid an election being fought over one of the developed world’s biggest...

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Michael Stutchbury

RBA won’t join desperate guessing game

Central banks are as much on edge as markets, as the world waits to learn the impact and extent of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Caution reigns at the...

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Jennifer Hewett

Can Australia dodge the trade war bullet?

As the world waits for Donald Trump to announce reciprocal tariffs, Australia looks a good chance to fare better than most.

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Paul Bloxham

Influencers in parliament? The outrage is as tired as it is sexist

The response to female influencers in Parliament House was extravagant and patronising. Confirmation that the political class still thinks young...

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Jamila Rizvi

The 3 rules to understand Trump’s tariffs

Countries must remember that the US president’s trade policy is about power and security, not economics.

yesterday 8

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Rana Foroohar

A Trump–proof Australia needs productive industrial relations

The lack of a real election contest over greater workplace flexibility will condemn Australia to lower productivity and leave the nation less...

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The Afr View

RBA has interest rate trigger for Trump trade war

The Reserve Bank of Australia isn’t quite sure what impact Donald Trump’s imminent next round of tariffs will have on inflation, but it is ready to...

yesterday 7

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John Kehoe

More rate cuts? That would have to be an April Fool’s joke

The inflation fighter deep inside Michelle Bullock has resurfaced, and the RBA has reminded everyone that restoring price stability is the main game.

yesterday 3

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Warren Hogan

Govern as fiscal conservatives to revive economic growth

Policy competition over budget repair to help sharpen the economy’s growth prospects and make everyone better off appears to be beyond Australia’s...

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The Afr View

Old pastime of redistribution, regulation, reckless spending returns

If you’re wondering why this election campaign does not have a clear frontrunner, the lack of convincing economic policies may be the reason.

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Tom Switzer

No joy for supermarkets in the election – but safeguards needed

There is a good case for both Labor and the Coalition’s proposals, but they should apply to all big businesses.

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Allan Fels

How personal messaging apps invaded our work life

The war plan leak saga says a lot about the irksome blurring of job and play on the chat software that have come to dominate so much of daily life.

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Pilita Clark

WGEA gender targets quack like quotas

Just as the critics of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency warned 20 years ago, what starts off as an aspiration has become a must-do for companies.

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Pru Goward

Albanese wins anti-Trump vibe, but Dutton in front seat by seat

According to the punters, a more conservative crossbench of 11, minus a couple of teals and Greens, would be willing to support a Coalition...

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John Black

Boost business investment to restore lost prosperity

A 20 per cent investment allowance would be a start. But the focus should be on sharpening the overall international competitiveness of the economy

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The Afr View

My SMSF is cashed up for a Trump catastrophe

The global economic chaos unleashed by the president prompted this self-managed super fund to cut exposure to the United States and raise cash,...

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Tony Boyd

Three changes still needed to realise RBA’s potential

The reserve bank has undergone profound change in the past two years. It shouldn’t stop now.

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Steven Hamilton

Boys are in crisis, but it’s adults who need educating

The real problem hit Netflix series Adolescence has raised is one that hand-wringing over toxic masculinity won’t solve.

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Camilla Cavendish

Executive changes disrupt big banks as BoQ sounds out CEO candidates

The musical chairs have started one rung down from the big banks’ top jobs, and everyone is looking for new hires. When will the music stop?

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Joyce Moullakis

What Anthony Albanese must do to win

The PM needs to sell his message that better days are ahead, and make sure voters are concerned enough about Dutton to stick with the bloke they know.

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Lidija Ivanovski

What does Peter Dutton need to do to win

The challenge for the opposition leader is to fight different campaigns in affluent inner-city areas and in suburban middle Australia.

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David Hughes

It’s delulu to think Gen Z speak will attract young voters

Albanese’s youthful turns of phrase represents the desperate, somewhat awkward political hunt heating up as parties fight to win over young voters.

28.03.2025 1

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Daniel Cash

A cost-of-living election that risks missing the point

A minority government will lack the authority to supply the centre-ground policies needed to sustain the early 20th-century high-water mark of...

28.03.2025 3

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Michael Stutchbury

Trump moment drives Carney’s ‘Canada First’ election campaign

Even some usually Conservative voters have announced they will vote for the Liberal prime minister based on his promise to handle the bombastic US...

28.03.2025 1

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Geoff Russ

The facts that burst Chalmers’ budget balloon

The treasurer has staked his claim of the “biggest ever” improvement in the budget bottom line on projections that proved to be wildly wrong.

28.03.2025 4

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Michael Stutchbury

‘Never seen anything like it’: Trump’s outrageous new Ukraine deal

The latest version of Donald Trump’s “minerals deal” is unprecedented in the history of modern diplomacy and state relations.

28.03.2025 10

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

This election feels like it’s been run already

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both fighting precedent this election, but the hurdles the opposition leader faces are more formidable.

28.03.2025 2

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Phillip Coorey

Labor and Coalition must seek a mandate for reform

After a lost two and a half decades in Canberra, both major parties are bogged down in the “politics of incrementalism”.

28.03.2025 3

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The Afr View

Why Albanese is confident of winning – partly thanks to Trump

The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic...

28.03.2025 4

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Jennifer Hewett

Labor’s environmental promise sleeps with the fishes

Labor went to the last election talking big on the environment, but political reality has got in the way.

27.03.2025 10

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Phillip Coorey

Dutton’s fuel tax cut is bad economics

The pledge to temporarily cut the price of petrol exposes the Liberals for embracing a Labor-lite version of debt-funded spending, while shying...

27.03.2025 2

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John Kehoe

Dutton should step on the gas at the election

Voters don’t want to hear any more politicians going on about targets that will be never be met. They want to know when they’ll get affordable,...

27.03.2025 1

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Nyunggai Warren Mundine

Dutton losing the political race for lower taxes

Rather than replicate the Howard government’s innovative tax reform thinking, Dutton has instead lazily copied from the less creditable playbook of...

27.03.2025 1

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The Afr View

Why no one wants to be a CEO any more

Burnout, scrutiny and liability have turned the top job toxic, and rising stars are opting out.

27.03.2025 2

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Andrea Clarke